[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 43 (Monday, March 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 13310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5403]


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DEFENSE NUCLEAR FACILITIES SAFETY BOARD


Sunshine Act Meeting

    Pursuant to the provision of the ``Government in the Sunshine Act'' 
(5 U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given of the Defense Nuclear 
Facilities Safety Board's (Board) meeting described below.

TIME AND DATE OF MEETING: 9:00 a.m., March 28, 2001.

PLACE: The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Public Hearing 
Room, 625 Indiana Avenue, NW, Suite 300, Washington, DC 20004.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The Department of Energy (DOE) requires 
contractors at defense nuclear facilities to develop and implement 
quality assurance programs to ensure the requisite quality of 
operations, products, and services. Activities required to be conducted 
under established quality assurance programs extend from scientific 
studies, to the design of new facilities, operations of facilities, and 
deactivation of defense nuclear facilities and directly affect safety-
related systems and operations. Notwithstanding contract and rule 
requirements concerning quality assurance, there is evidence that 
quality assurance programs at defense nuclear facilities are not 
consistently achieving their quality objectives.
    The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board (Board) intends to hold 
a series of open meetings on the topic of quality assurance within the 
DOE nuclear defense activities. Board inquiries will address (1) the 
current framework of DOE quality assurance programs relative to 
industry standards, and (2) results of DOE assessments of contractor 
implementation of quality assurance requirements.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Richard A. Azzaro, General 
Counsel, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 625 Indiana Avenue, 
NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20004, (800) 788-4016. This is a toll-
free number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board 
reserves its right to further schedule and otherwise regulate the 
course of this meeting, to recess, reconvene, postpone or adjourn the 
meeting, and otherwise exercise its authority under the Atomic Energy 
Act of 1954, as amended.

    Dated: March 1, 2001.
John T. Conway,
Chairman.
[FR Doc. 01-5403 Filed 3-1-01; 12:51 pm]
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